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| | Budd-Chiari syndrome |
 | | "Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Surgery of the Hepatic Vasculature." In Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. |  | | The liver, the largest internal organ in the human body, is responsible for many vital physiologic processes. |  | | The exact technique will depend on the specific location of the clots and other factors. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/budd-chiari_syndrome.jsp
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| | Circulatory system -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
 | | Also called visceral circulation, the splanchnic circulation is the part of the systemic circulation that supplies the digestive organs. |  | | However their function was not properly understood then. |  | | There is also a small portal flow from the (A basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system) hypothalamus to the (The anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature) anterior pituitary gland. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ci/circulatory_system.htm
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| | Healthopedia.com - Hepatic Vein Blockage - Hepatic and Biliary Pictures & Images |
 | | Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. |  | | See all Hepatic and Biliary images in thumbnail format |  | | You are here : Healthopedia.com > Medical Encyclopedia > Pictures and Images > H : Hepatic Vein Blockage |
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http://www.healthopedia.com/pictures/hepatic-vein-blockage.html
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| | Liver Facts - Non-Stick Teflon Stents Saving Lives |
 | | Coating these tiny mesh tubes with the compound appears to improve the ability of stents to keep blood vessels open after implantation in liver cirrhosis patients, according to a Dutch study. |  | | This simple procedure redirects blood flow around cirrhosis-linked scar tissue and other obstructions. |  | | In an operation called transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), surgeons place a stent between the portal and hepatic veins of the liver. |
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http://www.liverfacts.com/ms/news/525751/main.html
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| | Virtual Children's Hospital: Correlapaedia - a Correlative Encyclopedia of Pediatric Imaging, Surgery, and Pathology: ... |
 | | The patient was a full term female with multiple congenital anomalies including VACTER, situs inversus, atrial septal defect, cleft mitral valve, interrupted inferior vena cava, hepatic veins emptying directly into the heart, small ventricular septal defect, scoliosis, Klippel-Feil syndrome including webbed neck / scapula and cervical anomalies, and choanal atresia / stenosis. |
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http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/radiology/CAP/Case51/Case51.html
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| | Anatomy of the Circulatory System - Medical Illustration |
 | | Also includes same name veins, as well the internal jugular, external jugular and common hepatic veins. |  | | YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS: |
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